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ottawaobserver
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posted 23 June 2008 08:36 AM

Nominated Aboriginal Candidates To Date

According to this site, there are 10 aboriginal candidates nominated so far for the next federal election: 5 NDP, 3 Liberal (including two current MPs), and 2 Conservatives (including one current MP).

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Ken Burch
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posted 23 June 2008 05:22 PM

The 5 NDP nominations would be a little more impressive if it weren't for the fact that, if that list is accurate, none were in winnable seats(all showed the NDP having finished no better than third in the riding).

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ottawaobserver
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posted 23 June 2008 05:38 PM

Hi Ken: I'm sympathetic to that point of view.

Except if we only defined winnable as having placed 2nd last time, then several seats actually won by the NDP in recent elections would not have been "winnable" by that definition.

In my lifetime, the NDP has held Kenora (1984), Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River (1988), and Nunavut (1980) federally, and Guelph provincially (in the 1990 provincial).

If the NDP is on an uptick, then they could be pretty good ridings.

It will be interesting to test that theory in the upcoming Guelph by-election, I think.

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